{"id":15611,"date":"2020-06-10T10:00:11","date_gmt":"2020-06-10T14:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/?p=15611"},"modified":"2020-05-22T10:41:45","modified_gmt":"2020-05-22T14:41:45","slug":"asian-inspired-cucumber-salad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/2020\/06\/10\/asian-inspired-cucumber-salad\/","title":{"rendered":"Asian-Inspired Cucumber Salad"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/cucumber-salad-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15612\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/cucumber-salad-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/cucumber-salad-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/cucumber-salad-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/cucumber-salad-1024x1024.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption>Photo by Rissa Miller<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>By Rissa Miller, Senior Editor <em>Vegetarian Journal<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This salad celebrates the contrasting flavors of mellow, cooling cucumbers and spicy chili paste. The two balance each other beautifully in a crunchy salad perfect as a side dish on any warm afternoon, or for a light lunch. Want to bulk it up? Add some or all of the optional toppings, and make it into a meal by adding tofu, a red bell pepper, and noodles.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Asian-Inspired Cucumber Salad<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(Serves 3)<\/p>\n<p>3 cups cucumbers, sliced into bite-size pieces<\/p>\n<p>1-3 cloves garlic, minced (to taste)<\/p>\n<p>2 scallions, finely chopped<\/p>\n<p><em>Dressing:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>juice of 1 lime<\/p>\n<p>1 Tablespoon rice vinegar (or white vinegar)<\/p>\n<p>1 Tablespoon chili paste (or less, to taste)<\/p>\n<p>1 Tablespoon low-sodium soy sauce or tamari<\/p>\n<p>1 Tablespoon agave syrup<\/p>\n<p>1 Tablespoon water<\/p>\n<p>1 teaspoon peanut or sesame oil<\/p>\n<p>Pinch red pepper flakes (optional, to taste)<\/p>\n<p><em>Toppings: (optional)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>4-5 slivered fresh basil leaves<\/p>\n<p>1-2 Tablespoons chopped peanuts<\/p>\n<p>1 teaspoon sesame seeds<\/p>\n<p>Add all dressing ingredients to a bowl and whisk together. Add cucumbers, garlic, and scallions, and toss to coat. Top as desired and serve chilled. Even tastier the second day!<\/p>\n<p>Make it a meal:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>To bulk this salad up into a hearty lunch or dinner, double the dressing and use half to marinade a block of pressed, firm tofu overnight. The next day, cube the tofu and add to the cucumber salad. Also, add a sliced red bell pepper. Serve over prepared rice or cellophane noodles.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Rissa Miller, Senior Editor Vegetarian Journal This salad celebrates the contrasting flavors of mellow, cooling cucumbers and spicy chili paste. The two balance each other beautifully in a crunchy salad perfect as a side dish on any warm afternoon, or for a light lunch. Want to bulk it up? Add some or all of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15611"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15611\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15613,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15611\/revisions\/15613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}